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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 1: Adding a Storage Device</h1>
<div><p>Before backing up or restoring an NDMP NAS file system, add a storage device where the NDMP NAS file system to be protected resides to the <span>OceanProtect</span>.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Context</h4><p>The <span>OceanProtect</span> can protect NDMP-based NAS file systems.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001937668485__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol131851042141211"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001937668485__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text218514421128"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; Storage Device</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Add Device</strong></span></b></span> to add a storage device.</span></li><li><span>Select the <strong>NDMP Server</strong> device type.</span></li><li><span>Configure parameters as required. <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001937668485__table20829151954610">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.</span><p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.37%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>Name of a user-defined device.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.37%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>Management IP address of the storage device.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.37%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>Number of the port for communication between the <span>OceanProtect</span> and the management plane of a storage device.</p>
<p>The default port number is <strong>10000</strong>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.629999999999995%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Username</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="74.37%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>Username and password of a storage device NDMP administrator. Ensure that the RESTful login mode is available for the user and the password has been initialized.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>Use an administrator account. Otherwise, resources on the device may fail to be backed up.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.37%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.4.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>By default, the built-in agent is selected. If an external agent exists, you can also select the external agent.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p><p>When a storage device is added successfully, information about the added storage device is displayed on the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Storage Device</strong></span></b></span> page.</p>
<p>The <span>OceanProtect</span> automatically scans NAS file systems in the storage device and displays them on the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001937668485__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text847555644011"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; NAS File Systems</b></span> page. If a file system is added to the registered device, you can choose <span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Resource Scan</strong></span> in the row that contains the device to update the file system resources.</p>
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